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In a July 2022 documentary, titled The Day The Music Died, McLean discussed for the first time in 50 years the meaning of the lyrics in "American Pie". [ 49 ] [ 50 ] In February 2022, McLean recorded a performance of "Vincent" at the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Los Angeles in honor of Van Gogh's birthday and the 50th anniversary of the song.
[a] [1] [2] The event became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings , Tommy Allsup , and Carl Bunch , were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the American Midwest .
"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [2] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69). [3]
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The title track contains references to the death of Buddy Holly (McLean being a 13-year-old paper-boy at the time [6]). The phrase "The Day the Music Died" was used by McLean on this song, and has now become an unofficial name for the tragedy. On the original release, the title of the song "Sister Fatima" is misspelled "Sister Faima" [4]
The Day the Music Died is a line from the 1971 song "American Pie" by Don McLean, referring to a 1959 plane crash in which musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died. The Day the Music Died may also refer to: The Day the Music Died, an album by Beneath the Sky; The Day the Music Died (radio programme), a BBC musical/comedy ...